Brace for bedsteads



(No Model.) I

c. L. OHADTAYNE.

BRAGE FOR BEDSTEADS.

No. 247,799. Patented 001;. 4.1881.

UNITED STATES CHAR-LES L. OHADEAYNE,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

B RACE FOR B EDSTEADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,799, dated October4,1881.

' Application filed June 8,188 1. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, CHARLES L. CHADEAYNE', ofYonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Braces for Bedsteads, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Great trouble and inconvenience is often caused by the sides of abedstead spreading so as to allow the slats to drop; and the object ofmy invention is to provide a simple and-inexpensive brace or devicewhich may be applied to bedsteads to hold the sides against spreading,and which may be adjusted in length to suit small variations inbedsteads, or to suit single, three-quarter, or double bedsteads.

The invention consists in a brace for a bedstead composed of orcomprising two rods having hooks at their outer ends, aturn-buckleconnectin g said rods, and a strap having a line or row of holes,intoany one of which one of said rods may be hooked, whereby I provide, foradjustin g the brace to suit slight variations in the widths ofbedsteads supposed to be of the same size by means of the turn-buckle,and for adjusting the brace to suit single, three-quarter, or doublebedsteads by hooking one of said rods into any one of the holes in thestrap. The

- strap and the rod which is connected therewith are preferably embracedby a slide which prevents their accidental detachment one from theother.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a transverse sectionof the sides of a bedstead connected or held against spreading by myimproved brace. Fig. 2 represents a plan of the strap by which one ofthe hooked rods is connected with one side of the bedstead; and Figs. 3and 4 represent perspective views of two eyes whereby the hooked rods,destitute of the strap, may be connected directly to the sides of thebedstead.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Adesignates the two sides of a bedstead, and A the slats thereof, whichare supported in the usual way by resting upon a notched piece, a,secured to the inner surface of each side A.

B B designate two rods,which are connected at their adjacent'ends by aturn-buckle, G, which may be made of malleable iron or other material,and into which one or both of said which is bent at right angles to theplane of the eye, and adapted to be screwed into the lower edge of theside A.

In lieu of the device D, which is formed of heavy wire, I may use thedevice E, (shown in Fig. 4,) which comprises an eye, d, into which thehook I) on the rod may be hooked, and a screw-threaded stud orprojection, d,which is to be screwed into the lower edge of the side Aof the bedstead. Adjacent to the eye (1 is a notch, (1 in which theportion of the rod B adjacent to the hook I; may fit. The rod B isconnected with the side of the bedstead by means of a strap, F, ofhoop-iron or other material, and having in its end a key-hole slot, 6,which may be detachably secured to the side of the bedstead by a screw,f, the head of which will pass through the larger portion of the slot oreye 0, while the narrow portion of said slot fits the screw below thehead.

The strap F, when made of hoop or band iron, is flexible and mayberolled or coiled up, if of any considerable length, to enable it to bepacked in small space, and in said strap is a line or row of holes, 9,placed at a little distance from each other, andinto any one of whichthe rod B may be hooked.

In order to prevent the disengagement of the rod B from the strap F,when they are not applied to the bedstead and not under tension, Iconnect them by a slide, G, which embraces them both and may be attachedto the either part so that the other part may slide throughit.

The end of the strap F may be turned over, as at h, to prevent it frombeing withdrawn entirely from the slide G.

The use of the strap F enables the brace to be adjusted in length tosuit single, double, or three-quarter bedsteads by hooking the rod B.into any one of the holes 9 in said strap.

The turn-buckle (1 enables the brace to be adjusted in length to suitslight variations in the width of bedsteads which are supposed to be ofone size, and also serves to tighten or put tension on the brace anddraw the two sides of the bedstead together.

By my invention I provide a simple and inexpensive brace, which willeffectually prevent the trouble at d inconvenience resulting frombed-slats dropping out, and which may be adjusted in width to suitbedsteads of different sizes, or to compensate for slightvnriationsinthe Width of bedstcads supposed to be of the same size.

It will also be observed that the brace also serves to prevent thebedstead from being pushed out of square and having its corners strainedby being pushed about in a room.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A brace for a bedstead comprising two rods having hooks at theirouter ends a turnbuckle connecting said rods, and a strap comprising ann mberoi' holes into any one of which one of said rods maybe hooked,substantially as specified.

2. A brace for a bedstead comprising two rods having books at theirouter ends, a turn buckle connecting said rods, a strap havinga line orrow of holes into anyone of which one of said rods may be hooked, and aslide embracing said strap and the rod secured thereto, suhstantiall; asspecified.

CHARLES L. CHADEAYNE.

Witnesses FREDK. Haynes, CHANDLER HALL.

